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Debian: CVE-2019-7146: elfutils -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-7146: elfutils -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/14/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/14/2019
Modified
03/23/2020

Description

In elfutils 0.175, there is a buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted elf file, as demonstrated by eu-readelf.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-elfutils

References

  • CVE-2019-7146
  • RHSA-2019:3575

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